Trivial Facts:Andress was discovered by an Italian film producer while on
vacation in Rome

She was paid $10,000 for her role in Dr. No

Born (19/3/36) in Bern, Switzerland (of German parents), she started her film career while on
holiday in Rome. She later moved to the US (as the 'new Dietrich'), where she got her big
break in 1962 as Honey Ryder in the first James Bond movie, Dr. No, with Sean Connery
(for which she got $10K). Based on this, she was cast opposite Frank Sinatra and Dean
Martin in Four for Texas (1963), and opposite Elvis Presley in Fun in Acapulco (1963).

She then gave a big boost to her fame (if not her acting career) by posing nude for Playboy;
something she has now done three times. She won a Golden Globe award in 1964 for most
promising newcomer. She appeared as Ayesha, "She who must be obeyed", in Hammer'sShe (1965) with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee (among others), but wisely stayed away from
the sequel, Vengeance of She. NB: She was offered the Raquel Welch role in 1M Years
BC, but turned it down. She was dubbed (as were a lot of other Hammer actresses) in both
Dr. No and She.

Her fame extended through the 60s & 70s as she appeared in essential period capers such as What's New, Pussycat (1965) & Casino Royale (1967).

She had a string of notorious affairs with her leading men, and was married for about 9 years
to well known photographer John Derek (who has made a habit of marrying beautiful women
and helping build them up into stars, Bo Derek for example). She lived with actor Harry
Hamlin for about 4 years, and has a son (Dimitri) by him.